Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-04

ON She BaltimeFe 4 Ohio Railroad ct an
carly hons this morning oollided With
the east bound freight near thIs CITY.
wracking both trains. Nineteen bodies
have been taken from the wreck. More
are injured. Three coaches are burned.
PhysIcians have gene 10 the scene FROM
here. 1he weather ts very cold, the
mercury being abont three degrees be.
lev zero.
SECOND REPORT.
The fast freight on The b. A o. rail
road, which left New York about 2
O'Clock Yesterday evening, for Chicago,
With Ave coaches and four sleepaFs, all
well ilIled with passengers. eoilided with
the east. bound freight seven miles east
Of this city, about o'clock this mora
inR, The fast train vas about dfty
minutes late, and vas running az ths
rate Of sixty miles al boar. Passing
Republic. Z small station. like lash.
tne1 rushed along 70 the curve, one
mile Wsat Of town, when suddenly tn
engineer cav the freiehs train, under
full headwRy, within one hundred yards
Of him. He at once applied the brake
and reversed his engine. but Il did no
good, ard the nexs instant she crash
4NA0NENWlAA ONAEAFM
ing them np 90 each other. To add 10
the CONSERVATION and the horror Of the
scene, ire broke ous In the smoking
car End soon spread 10 The other ears
Many were ktilsa oatrieht. while others
wera wedecd IN among the broken cara
and slowly consumed by the nAmes
Tue screams Of the wounded and dying
were hoaftrendins, bat 40 assistance
A.. - all q.
By the crash, came aud with other
neiQhbofs worked like heroes 20 cave
the pefishine. A. this writing sineteeo
bodies have been recovered. and thsy
lie burned and dishgured Ia the anoW
beside the track. Help vas ssnl from
Republic and this esty - sean ~ the
and recalls the AsAtaealA horror Of ths
winter Of 1871.
PkssrxoKa's ACCOUNT.
One II TIE passengers on the III. fated
train says the uata WAS The b, 4 D
fimitad Express. Which left WashtEg
500 a 10 =. m. yesterday. Az s.la this
maEninR be was awakened by being
thrown violently from bis herth. Thr
train consisted % the enQiae, baggage
car. one caach aud two sieep7ra. rhe
train colhaed With the East bound
freight, which bad got stalled one mlle
west Of kepaellc. The two enct e.
Wsfe utterly wrecked. and the esacA
teleecoced into the hazRssss ear - con
plstely thss The tWo cars gers crashed
into tee space Of enc. The iva sieepers
did not ieAve the track. TIE teiescoped
cars caught Ore fram abe stove. and ths
mancied ana crushed passengers la
ptisoned Ia the Shattered wreck safiekcsa
10 agony a. the nAsses enxalopsd then
The enEineex ana fireman Of toe freaSnl
leaped and saved themselves before the
collision. TIE suglneex % gae express
bad q les broken aud sustained = g.
we're Woaaa N the sAoai4eF. His Are
man Vas eanght betueen the engine
aud tender aud died 10 = fee uaisassa.
Uninyared passengers aud residents
~ TIE netghsaThnsd 81 b work q AID
tie uounded passeasSfs ID tie 6urntag
ears. tedsSius al vie coald be reAshed.
The bAaeeeefaAn Of the car eaaapsd
With Anoken ise. The exErsss nssssrn-
grf, uho Vas sitting Beside htu,. hsin1
killed instantly. No one ~ ths sfs~psr
waa tniered 10 The least. Ausaar iks
pasaeneSFe Ia the sieepsrs uera Ms.
ftek. % Jelist. lll, 4 sssssf Of t3enxral
LoeAn. aud her 900 Cnsriax he shoek
waa 80 teFraao tnAa fArmeFs 10 IAs
nstghboFhead teok Il % Be al aarth.
QGAke. In The eanfasaaa OF TIE wreek,
= h0t dsapaie afese atscnS tie frAinnea
~ b tue responsibility faR TIE DISASTER
II apuears tne fFesehs wAs running %
the time Of he exrFeas TIE emesnasF
was heard % renaAtk thAf Be bad lsga
Ne iast sldsnE uath oniy thirty paanaa
~ stesn, and GA TIE 40 keaAe eass %
fifan kis e1gina sent haek on him ana
stalled him. he empress. FusninR a.
fail spee3. do9n kFaae ana ax0and 4